Victoria is a baker and Ted Mosby's ex-girlfriend. They met at the wedding of Ted's friends Stuart and Claudia for which she had made the cake. Victoria kept her identity secret, calling herself Buttercup (the name of her bakery, and how Ted eventually found her again) and preferring to have one night of romance and fun with Ted, and then never seeing him again. However, Ted discovered her real name and tracked her down, and the two began dating.

Everything was fine till she was accepted into a cooking fellowship in Germany. Although they were both initially against the idea, they tried a long-distance relationship. and they both ended up breaking up.

However, one day Ted meet Victoria again, and he learns that Victoria is already engaged. Short story, on her wedding day, she runs from her wedding, telling Ted that she loves her and decides to go with Ted.

They then engaged in relationship but one day they get into a fight causing them to break up.